Two new studies were presented at the American Heart Association Annual Meeting.
Researchers found that women who had one or two drinks most days of the week had a 28% percent improved chance of good health at age 70, meaning they did not have cancer, heart disease, diabetes and other diseases or physical impairments and problems with memory or mental health.
In a second study, women who drank up to one drink a day had a 20% reduction in the risk of stroke compared with women who didn’t drink at all. Any level of alcohol was associated with lower risk of stroke. Researchers believe that alcohol helps the body metabolize Researchers believe that alcohol helps the body metabolize glucose more efficiently, in addition to reduce the risk of blood clots.
How do we feel about alcohol?
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I have mixed feelings about daily alcohol. Do you drink every day, Dianne?
I guess the bottom line, for me personally, is that if I can eat a food that offers the same benefits, I would prefer to do that.
It concerns me a little that the two glasses each day might become a dependency to those who may be using it for more than
health reasons. I often think, quite honestly, that an article like this just helps drinkers rationalize their daily drinking. I am a
non drinker, but only because I am on medication that already reduces my blood pressure.
Okay now ladies, think about this. Any woman that can be in control of the amount of alcohol they drink, so as to not be addicted or in anyway abuse alcohol consumption is probably also very in control of other life-sustaining activities like their eating habits, their exercise, their social life, the quality of their relationships, etc. etc. Right? So all that being considered would increase life expectancy and quality of life. It sure doesn’t mean that if you add drinking 2 glasses of alcohol everyday your life as it is will suddenly “blue sky” your future. Researchers always look through the lens of who pays thems. If they’re wearing rose colored glasses, they will see everything rose colored. jus sayin’
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Just like with anything that’s supposedly “good for me” or “harmful” I take these studies with a grain of salt. I prefer to be somewhat moderate (unless it’s eating ice cream!) and find that if I follow all the trends I’d probably be a mess. I like a few drinks now and then, but wouldn’t want to think that I needed a couple every day for my “health.” I have a tendency to just eat and drink what I want, when I want; no study is going to change that. ♥
You sound like me…I would go crazy if I took every one of these studies seriously. p.s. My new treat is a glass of low fat, lactose free chocolate milk at bedtime…Yummy, yummy in the tummy!
I was married to an alcoholic for 20 years and won many festive codependent trophies. Among the ways I coped with his drinking was to drink along with him. I never caught up, but I did really well. All our friends drank, and all our parties were wild and fun. After everything went to hell (or when I decided not to live in that particular hell any more?), I left and stopped drinking. None of my current friends drink, except an occasional glass of wine or a beer or cocktail. Parties dwindled and were a lot less fun. On the other hand, there are no fights over car keys, no DUIs, no hangovers, no worries about what the kids see. Fewer discussions about inappropriate behavior while drunk . . .
The wasband eventually developed grand mal seizures and takes Depakote, which according to the manufacturer should not be taken with alcohol, since it can cause fairly dramatic liver damage all by itself. His neurologist, however, told him that a “little drink now and then shouldn’t hurt” so he still goes through about a liter of bourbon every 2-3 days. Seems fine, though. Or as fine as he ever was.
I realize that this post is about normal people, but I’ve known so many abnormal drinkers! I also don’t know anyone who HASN’T been affected in some serious way by an alcoholic or drug addict in their lives. And to my way of thinking, anyone who makes a point of having at least one drink every day has something going on. Normal people would forget, wouldn’t they? I’ve seen so many folks rush in after work, rip off the office clothes, and head for the booze as if it were a lifeline, needing the relaxation that it provides. Addiction? I don’t know. Healthy? I doubt it.
I always wonder who funds these studies, don’t you? The American Heart Association wouldn’t have any interest in putting their limited money into a study like this, so who do you think might have paid for the research? I can only guess.
I’ve lost all taste for alcohol, I was never very good at it, mixing drinks, or having anything on hand to offer. I can appreciate ejoying a drink with your friends, your spouse. Picking out a wine, making your own etc. It just never occurs to me.
My husband started having a couple of drinks in the evenings about 4 years ago. never thought anything about it, until last October. He was doing the usual, come home, drinks snacks, relax, supper was always later. There wasn’t much food in the house, for snacks. So i told him I’d be going out soon to get groceries. He gave me this googly expression, and muttered something. I had no idea what he was talking about. I went to the store, and then it hit me…he’s drunk!
I came home, he had gone to bed, just reading, not drunk anymore, and I talk to him. I told him “I” hadn’t realized his drinking was having such an effect on him. i told him I wasn’t able to communicate with him if he was drunk….we didn’t talk anymore.
Next day, he agreed with me…., looked up what he had been spending, extra calories etc.
He started working out that day, eating better….He has more stamina, good! He’s more fun to talk too…..I’m really proud of him for doing this, and I think it tells me a lot of what he thinks of our marriage. I have needed him a great deal, he is doing mostly everything at home.
I do not know of a single person, that has not been effected by alcohol, in some way. In every country, every status etc. I don’t mind if people drink alcohol when we are together, I just don’t know why it bothers them that I drink water.
Mostly people don’t notice or care who drinks what. Those who DO usually have a reason. Years ago when I decided that alcohol had negatively impacted everything about my life, and stopped, people around me were horrified because it was such a big part of our lifestyle. I hung out with a really fun crowd, and people in the 70s just drank more than they do now. The health craze has had a huge effect, I think. So has MADD and all the DUI laws, etc. Anyway, I had to learn how to respond to the near-constant pressure, and turned it back on them with responses like, “Why does it matter to you?”
There are zillions of people like sagein2010 who can drink a couple/few glasses of wine nearly every evening and have no problem at all. Then there are equal or many more who ruin their own lives and those of everyone around them. I have a friend right now who was one of the best. The smartest, most hard working, effective, strong, funny, and capable of all of us. She has been through treatment 3 times and never draws a sober breath. I don’t know why. It just breaks my heart.
You said it perfectly. ♥
I have one or two glasses of wine nearly every evening with dinner. My husband and I enjoy picking out a new type of wine, planning what to eat with it, opening it and letting it rest before dinner. We enjoy tasting a new wine and trying to decipher the various “notes” and smells. We have gone for weeks and months without wine before. It’s expensive to have it every night. When I lost my job, I didn’t have any at all unless a friend brought us a bottle as a gift. I’ve also given it up for Lent a few times, when I need to drop a few pounds, or when I’m taking certain medicines. I don’t drink it for the health benefits. I drink it because I enjoy it.
I’m more where you are on the issue but I guess the studies that say moderate is Ok make me feel better about it since I know people very much on both extremes of the issue. I think it’s important to think about it.
i often have a glass of wine in the evening. or not. in studies like these though, i have to wonder if it really is the wine, or is it because of lifestyle–or other factors that may be similar in the lives of the people in the study. There may be a ‘correlation’ but not ‘causation’. There have been confilicting reports about the healthiness of red wine– the resveratrol helps, there isnt enough to really help… etc… either way, i drink it because i enjoy it. Its not a necessity, but its nice. in moderation.
Being completely honest, for me, a nightly cocktail, be it wine, or a martini, was a lifestyle…I grew up watching my parents enjoy a drink before dinner nearly every night of their lives. I associated it with their “end of the work day”. Mom always had dinner cooking before Dad came home, so that time was THEIR time, and we kids played until dinner was served…usually about 45 minutes or so later. Mostly I recall that they talked and laughed a lot together while they had that cocktail! So as a child I assumed having a drink together was so you could talk, laugh, and get ready for dinner….simple? When we kids became adults, we also joined them in their “cocktail hour”, and we all had fun with them, laughing and talking-sharing old stories. No alcoholics in our family, Mother and Dad lived much longer than most elderly do…80s & 90s! I recall a friend’s father who wouldn’t allow her to come to my home because my folks drank…he said they were ‘sinners’. I still remember my Mother telling me that it was wrong to judge others, even my friend’s Father. I enjoy a good drink in the evening, often thinking of my folks, and good times past. I can hear their laughter sometimes….and if it’s a “way of life”…I’m not hurting anyone. I’m as healthy as the day is long! Cheers.
Sounds like a happy and healthy way to live!
Sounds like a happy and healthy way to live!
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p.s. The whole sinner thing, was to control your parents behavior and decisions…